TRIPE
What does "TRIPE" mean?
The edible stomach lining of cattle or other ruminants, used as food.
Meanings
- The lining of a cow's stomach prepared and eaten as food. In Florence they sell tripe sandwiches from carts on the street.
- Nonsense or worthless talk or writing. He dismissed the whole report as a load of tripe. informal
Word origin
From Old French 'tripe', entrails or intestines, of uncertain origin; the 'nonsense' sense developed in English in the 19th century as a term of contempt.
Remember it
TRIPE is RIPE with a T - it has to be cleaned and cooked properly or it's a hard sell.
A little poem
The peasant's pot still simmers slow and proud;
what the rich threw out now feeds a hungry crowd.
couplet
Wordplay
- The critic called the menu tripe, so the chef put it on the menu - now both meanings are sold out.
What it teaches
What one table discards, another simmers into supper; waste is mostly a matter of patience.
Quick facts
What does TRIPE mean?
The edible stomach lining of cattle or other ruminants, used as food.
Is TRIPE a valid word?
Yes — TRIPE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TRIPE?
TRIPE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TRIPE come from?
From Old French 'tripe', entrails or intestines, of uncertain origin; the 'nonsense' sense developed in English in the 19th century as a term of contempt.
What can TRIPE teach us?
What one table discards, another simmers into supper; waste is mostly a matter of patience.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.